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Shyrwang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Shyrwang is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Shyrwang village has population of 489 of which 261 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shyrwang village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 27.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shyrwang village is 874 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Shyrwang as per census is 622, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Shyrwang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Shyrwang village was 98.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Shyrwang Male literacy stands at 98.32 % while female literacy rate was 99.44 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shyrwang village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shyrwang village.

Shyrwang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 489 261 228
Child (0-6) 133 82 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 488 260 228
Literacy 98.88 % 98.32 % 99.44 %
Total Workers 204 105 99
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

In Shyrwang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.80 % of total population in Shyrwang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shyrwang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Shyrwang village out of total population, 204 were engaged in work activities. 96.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 204 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.